E-commerce, manure treatment, backpacks and 3-D printed jewellery. These are just a selection of the year's most memorable companies of the year, as chosen by the editors of the Report on Small Business

ALTERRUS SYSTEMS INC. In this video, Christopher Ng, CEO of Alterrus, explains how VertiCrop technology - a moving conveyor system - can turn a vacant parking lot (like this one in downtown Vancouver) into a fully functional agricultural farm yielding local green vegetables.

ENTERRA FEED CORPORATION. The Vancouver-based company makes creates sustainable animal feed ingredients and concentrated natural fertilizer for food production. The idea for the company was sparked during a conversation between the company’s founder and David Suzuki.(File photo)

ZANIS & CO.
Steve Arnold has made a career out of tracking, dealing and collecting debris from outer space. He even scored his own TV show, Meteorite Men, on Discovery Science. His latest entrepreneurial endeavour includes a partnership with Zanis & Co., a jewellery and watch business.

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